Written by Jazmine A. Ortiz Hustlers may be the juicy, dramatized, based-on-a-true-story, sex-drugs-and-rock-and-roll-filled film that we needed to cap off a successful Hot Girl Summer, but Samantha Barbash, the inspiration for the movie’s character played by Jennifer Lopez, says that’s not the real story at all. In fact, the 45-year-oldRead More →

Rihanna hosted her fifth annual Diamond Ball yesterday at Cipriani’s in NYC and, let’s just say, she put on for us Black women. The star walked the red carpet at her star-studded event and was asked by a reporter from Essence magazine how she felt about being black women: Riri deliveredRead More →

Meghan Markle has returned to her royal duties! She definitely doesn’t take her role as the Duchess of Sussex lightly and continues to make positive change, partnering with various charitable organizations. Before the launch of her capsule collection with the charity Smart Works, the Duchess of Sussex made a statementRead More →

During New York Fashion Week, it is not unheard of for your favorite celebrity to flaunt their fashion with a date that matches their fly. Nor is it unusual to see them rocking a bold accessory if they decide to go solo-dolo. But a pet snake for a date? We’dRead More →

Written by Jazmine A. Ortiz If you’re a millennial like myself, then chances are you took out a hefty loan (or loans) to get a degree and a job that is not paying as much as your 18-year-old self hoped it would because that was what we were told toRead More →

When you head to a nail salon, you expect to be pampered and sent on your way with freshly painted confidence. Instead, this Houston woman left without a pedicure along with a harsh lesson in weight discrimination. According to ABC13, Tina Lewis was left in shock when she was turnedRead More →

Kelly Rowland is the definition of a multi-faceted momtrepreneur, so it’s crazy to think that she even has the time to prioritize fitness, beauty or self-care! Well, with her newest Kelly Rowland X Fabletics collection, Kelly encompasses every facet of who she is with a fitness wear line made withRead More →

Joan Johnson, who co-founded one of the nation’s largest Black-owned companies, Johnson Products Company, has died at 89. She passed away Friday in Chicago after a long illness, her family confirmed. Joan along with her husband, George Johnson, started Johnson Products Company in Chicago in 1954. According to CNN, theRead More →

Being a Hottie takes some maintenance! Fresh off her Hot Girl Summer, Megan Thee Stallion is putting herself, and her fellow Hotties, to the test with this rigorous 7-day Fitness challenge! As any thick girl or “stallion” knows, being curvy doesn’t mean you don’t have to put in work atRead More →